ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R580 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R580 CF | NB8P-GLM |
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 169 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 24th, 2006 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 115 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | — |
| Successor | Radeon R600 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 625 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 725 MHz 1450 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 46.40 GB/s | 25.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 48 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 32 |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.00 GPixel/s | 5.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.250 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 10.00 GTexel/s | 10.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 80.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 100 W | 50 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | — |
| Board number | A721 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX Mobile (x600M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-HE |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
